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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Tina Tchen (Law ’84) speaks in Harris Hall on Tuesday. Tchen served as former first lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff from 2011 to 2017.

Former chief of staff to Michelle Obama talks girls’ education, local politics

April 26, 2017

Girls’ education is the key to global peace and security, said Tina Tchen (Law ’84), the chief of staff to former first lady Michelle Obama. Tchen spoke Tuesday to a crowd of about 100 in Harris...

Lamps: Don’t appeal to the wishes of the Founding Fathers in modern discourse

Lamps: Don’t appeal to the wishes of the Founding Fathers in modern discourse

January 7, 2016

The American Founding Fathers were a remarkable group of leaders and thinkers, to whom we owe much wisdom. However, there is a tendency in modern political discourse to treat them as infallible and to...

Lamps: Humans’ unique ability to access others’ thoughts

October 13, 2015

Considering how far humans have come since our hunter-gatherer ancestors, we are clearly a unique species. We believe in gender equality, we think people with different skin colors are equals and we think...

Malala Yousafzai is an advocate for education and women’s rights. Her autobiography “I am Malala” was recently published.

Five Words for Malala Yousafzai

October 23, 2013

Malala Yousafzai, 16, has caused quite a stir with the recent publication of her autobiography "I Am Malala." The book tells the story of Yousafzai's role as an activist for education and women’s rights....

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